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Maharashtra to conduct own CET for engineering : Tech Education Director
Published on : 04-Aug-2015 Powered by www.Opasis.com
Even as debate is underway over whether Maharashtra Government should withdraw from Joint Entrance Examination (JEE), the technical education director Subhash Mahajan made it clear that the state will conduct its own common entrance examination (CET) from next year for admissions into first year engineering courses.
Earlier also Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) used to conduct MTCET till 2013, before the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) decided to implement single entrance exam JEE, conducted by Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) since last couple of years.
Education minister Vinod Tawde had already announced that state will conduct its own CET from 2016 session. He is justified as hardly thousand students are selected for IIT and other NITs while majority of over a lakh prefer state engineering colleges. They are not even keen on taking admissions to these premier institutions, knowing their limitations, Mahajan told TOI.
He added that for clearing tough examinations like JEE, the students need to join coaching by shelling out lakhs of rupees. As a result, the poor students are turning away from the engineering field. It is not possible for everyone to afford exorbitant fees charged by the coaching institute. The coaching institutions unnecessarily take advantage of the situation, Mahajan said.
Even the minister in February expressed to conduct own CET that will be based on state board syllabus. He had accused the private coaching classes for unnecessarily exploiting the students by charging exorbitant fees of Rs 2.5 lakh. The director added that students from rural areas would benefit by government's move.
DTE sources alleged that the government was forced to retract following pressure from private colleges, mostly owned by politicians, which failed to get sufficient number of students. From over 1.60 lakh BE first year seats in 365 engineering colleges, over 60,000 remained vacant, mostly in private institutes. Till, 2005, these unaided colleges used to conduct their own entrance. They later joined Maharashtra common entrance test (MHT CET) where a non zero score was sufficient to clear the exam and get a seat.
Senior academician Lalit Khullar lamented the government for confusing students by bringing new system in very short span while not giving them a chance to settle down. Entrance exam does not determine the quality, but the government should at least use any one exam for sufficient period and allow the stakeholders to settle down. But it is constantly experimenting with the one or the other system. Ultimate sufferers are students and parents, he said.
In a nutshell :
Private colleges used to conduct their own CET till 2005
They later joined MHT CET conducted by DMER
In 2014, MHRD introduced common JEE for all states
After its two versions, vacant seats numbers jumped
State decided to restart MHT CET for poor students benefit
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Earlier also Directorate of Technical Education (DTE) used to conduct MTCET till 2013, before the Ministry of Human Resources Development (MHRD) decided to implement single entrance exam JEE, conducted by Central Board for Secondary Education (CBSE) since last couple of years.
Education minister Vinod Tawde had already announced that state will conduct its own CET from 2016 session. He is justified as hardly thousand students are selected for IIT and other NITs while majority of over a lakh prefer state engineering colleges. They are not even keen on taking admissions to these premier institutions, knowing their limitations, Mahajan told TOI.
He added that for clearing tough examinations like JEE, the students need to join coaching by shelling out lakhs of rupees. As a result, the poor students are turning away from the engineering field. It is not possible for everyone to afford exorbitant fees charged by the coaching institute. The coaching institutions unnecessarily take advantage of the situation, Mahajan said.
Even the minister in February expressed to conduct own CET that will be based on state board syllabus. He had accused the private coaching classes for unnecessarily exploiting the students by charging exorbitant fees of Rs 2.5 lakh. The director added that students from rural areas would benefit by government's move.
DTE sources alleged that the government was forced to retract following pressure from private colleges, mostly owned by politicians, which failed to get sufficient number of students. From over 1.60 lakh BE first year seats in 365 engineering colleges, over 60,000 remained vacant, mostly in private institutes. Till, 2005, these unaided colleges used to conduct their own entrance. They later joined Maharashtra common entrance test (MHT CET) where a non zero score was sufficient to clear the exam and get a seat.
Senior academician Lalit Khullar lamented the government for confusing students by bringing new system in very short span while not giving them a chance to settle down. Entrance exam does not determine the quality, but the government should at least use any one exam for sufficient period and allow the stakeholders to settle down. But it is constantly experimenting with the one or the other system. Ultimate sufferers are students and parents, he said.
In a nutshell :
Private colleges used to conduct their own CET till 2005
They later joined MHT CET conducted by DMER
In 2014, MHRD introduced common JEE for all states
After its two versions, vacant seats numbers jumped
State decided to restart MHT CET for poor students benefit
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